Naming and Mapping the Gods in the Ancient Mediterranean Spaces, Mobilities, Imaginaries

• Other Authors: Bonnet, Corinne (Editor), Galoppin, Thomas (Editor), Guillon, Elodie (Editor), Luaces, Max (Editor), Lätzer-Lasar, Asuman (Editor), Lebreton, Sylvain (Editor), Porzia, Fabio (Editor), Rüpke, Jörg (Editor), Urciuoli, Emiliano Rubens (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2022
• Subjects: Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; Ancient religions & mythologies; Ancient Egyptian religion & mythology; Ancient Greek religion & mythology; Roman religion & mythology; Onomastics; spacial turn; sanctuaries; ancient religion
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

Gods dwell in human environments in multiple ways. They move into imaginary spaces and explore the cosmos. This book analyzes the mapping of gods through a specific lens: their naming. By proposing this new perspective, it sheds light on ritual practices and representations of gods in the whole Mediterranean, from Italy to Mesopotamia, from Greece to North Africa and Egypt. Names and spaces enable to better define, differentiate, and connect gods.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (1089 p.)

ISBN

9783110798432
9783110798456
9783110796490

DOI

10.1515/9783110798432

Access

Open Access